What does a wet room cost in Lanarkshire?
Our guide range in Lanarkshire is £5,800–£11,500 including VAT. Prices in Lanarkshire run at about 4% below the UK guide, based on Scotland labour rates.
Compact
- Floor former and linear or centre drain
Signature
- Underfloor heating option
Large or luxury
- Full conversion of a larger room
Guide prices for Lanarkshire including VAT. Your itemised written quote after the free survey is the price that counts.
Which towns do we cover in Lanarkshire?
- East Kilbride
- Hamilton
- Cumbernauld
- Coatbridge
- Airdrie
- Motherwell
- Rutherglen
- Cambuslang
- Wishaw
- Bellshill
- Blantyre
- Larkhall
Supplies across most of Lanarkshire are soft. If that holds for your street in East Kilbride, limescale on shower glass and heads builds up slowly and a squeegee after use is usually enough. Hardness varies street by street, so check the figure for your postcode with your water supplier. If your East Kilbride home has a concrete ground floor, a downstairs wet room may need the screed cut out to set the drain.
What the job includes
- Slip-resistant porcelain floor tiles and wall tiling
- Strip-out, waste removal, a final flow test to the drain and handover
- A frameless glass screen fixed to the wall and floor
- A pre-formed floor former with a linear or centre drain, or a screed laid to fall
- Floor strengthening or a ply overlay on timber floors so the surface does not flex
- Extractor fan and lighting by a qualified electrician, tested and certified, with underfloor heating if you choose it
Decisions to make first
Former or screed
A pre-formed board gives a consistent fall and suits timber floors. A sand and cement screed suits concrete slabs and larger shower areas.
Open or screened
A fully open shower with no glass only works in a larger room, with the basin, WC and towels well away from the spray.
Underfloor heating
Electric underfloor heating under the tiles dries the floor quickly after a shower; it is typically £700 to £1,500 for a bathroom.
Floor tile
Matt or textured porcelain with good slip resistance. Mosaic gives extra grip on a centre-drain floor because of its many grout lines.
Rules that apply in Scotland
A wet room inside an existing home does not need planning permission. In a flat, check your title deeds and any deed of conditions: agreement from the other owners or the factor is often needed, and both the leak risk and the sound insulation to the flat below matter. Electrics must meet BS 7671, with 30 mA RCD protection, at least IPX4 fittings in zone 1 up to 2.25 m above the shower floor, IPX5 where water jets are used, and no ordinary sockets within 3 m of zone 1.
In Scotland, a wet room that alters the drainage, involves structural work to the floor or forms a new bathroom may need a building warrant; a straight refit usually does not. Water fittings must meet the Scottish Water Byelaws 2014.

